Crenadactylus horni (LUCAS & FROST, 1895)
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Central Uplands clawless geckos |
Synonym | Ebenavia horni LUCAS & FROST 1895 Crenadactylus ocellatus horni — STORR & HAROLD 1978 Crenadactylus horni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Crenadactylus horni — DOUGHTY et al. 2016 Crenadactylus horni — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 121 |
Distribution | Australia (South Australia, Northern Territory); Type locality: Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory fide Dixon and Kluge (1964), donated to National Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (NMV). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NMV D7533, adult female, Camp 4 of the Horn Expedition, by W.B. Spencer, April 1897. Stored in 70% ethanol at NMV. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately large (to 34.8 mm SVL), robust species of Crenadactylus with wide (HW/HL 0.48– 0.63) and deep (HD/HL 0.28–0.42) head with a long snout (SnL/HL 0.34–0.42). Rostral in full contact with nostril, enlarged internasal extending beyond supranasal, 2 slightly enlarged postmentals, dorsal scales homogeneous, smooth or feebly keeled, 6 pre-cloacal pores, innermost pore-bearing scales separated by an intervening scale, no enlarged tubercles on original tails. Ground colour tan and light brown; dorsal pattern consists of well-defined pale and dark longitudinal stripes, lateral zones pale tan with irregular dark brown stippling, occasionally forming 1 or 2 broken or weakly defined lateral lines; ventrum pale off-white with moderate to weak stippling (Doughty et al. 2016). |
Comment | Synonymy: This species has been previously synonymized with Crenadactylus ocellatus bilineatus, but revalidated by Doughty et al. 2016. Distribution: See map in Doughty et al. 2016: Fig. 2. Habitat. Collection records for several specimens mention they were taken from spinifex clumps or from under rocks near spinifex, with records also from a rocky gully, rock platforms or outcrops (Doughty et al. 2016). |
Etymology | Named for William A. Horn, financer and early participant of the Horn Scientific Expedition to central Australia in 1894. |
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